I doubled up the fiberglass on my Skerry hull and added brass rubrails material to bow and skeg with bronze screws

   I had similar thoughts about the skeg on my Peapod.  I encapsulated the skeg in a layer of glass cloth which also helped reinforce the fillet.

Paul

   Yes...supporting the skeg and fillet makes this a really strong part of the hull. I added the wormshoe on top of this in case I need to replace it, but that is unlikely.

Ok, I think I figured out the pictures this time...hope it works.   

Glassing the skeg

brass rubrail over epoxied and varnished wormshoe